Age needs one voice. Now it has:
Age Cyrmru is the new force combining Age Concern Cymru and
Help the Aged in Wales. Age Cymru is a member of the Age UK family.
The new force combining &
Published on 11 May 2011 12:30 PM
A WELSH charity has launched a new guide to help protect older people from abuse.
Age Cymru has produced ‘Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse’ with its sister charity, Age UK.
The guide is aimed at charities that work with older people.
Age Cymru’s Elder Abuse Programme Manager Louise Hughes says:
“Charities that are involved in providing, or promoting, services to people in later life have a duty of care and professional responsibility to help their clients to live free from any kind of mistreatment.
“Having a clear understanding of how to safeguard older people will enable charities to enhance the well-being of people that they work with.
“Regular training on safeguarding older people should be an essential part of maintaining and improving the skills of all charity workers.
“‘Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse’ provides information and exercises that charities can use to train staff and volunteers as well as providing guidance on how to respond to and manage suspected cases of elder abuse.”
Issues covered by ‘Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse’ include:
• What is abuse?
•The impact of abuse;
• Making it easier for someone to talk about abuse;
• Why do people not tell on abusers?;
• People who commit abuse;
• Where does abuse take place and who commits it?;
• Behaviour and abuser types;
• Patterns of abuse behaviour;
• Human rights;
• Confidentiality, consent and information sharing;
• Good, poor and abusive practices;
• Dealing with cases of abuse;
Louise Hughes concludes:
“Everyone has the right to live free from abuse, but an estimated 39,000 older people in Wales are affected by elder abuse.
“Age Cymru is committed to putting an end to this suffering and ‘Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse’ is our latest contribution to the battle against elder abuse and its causes in Wales.”
For further about ‘Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse’ please contact the Age Cymru Elder Abuse Project on 01352 706228.
ENDS
For all media enquiries, please contact Iwan Rhys Roberts – Communications Officer, Age Cymru on 029 2043 1562, 07739 894 923, iwan.roberts@agecymru.org.uk
NOTES TO EDITOR
Age Cymru
• Age Cymru is the force combining Age Concern Cymru and Help the Aged in Wales.
• Age affects us all in different ways. We cannot promise good health, but we should be able to ensure good care for all of us. When we find loneliness, we will reach out. When age becomes a burden, we will lighten the load.
• Age Cymru will campaign. We will fundraise. We will research. We will make the powers that be listen.
• Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436.
• Company limited by guarantee and registered by in England and Wales 6837284.
• Registered office address: Ty John Pathy, 13/14 Neptune Court, Vanguard Way, Cardiff, CF24 5PJ.
• Age Cymru works nationally and locally across Wales to improve life for all older people.
The Age Cymru Elder Abuse Project:
• This Comic Relief funded project was established in July 2006 and is being delivered across the whole of Wales.
• The project has been designed in response to the need to develop advocacy work in Wales as a key means of tackling the abuse of older people and to the need to develop policy and practice relating to this very important issue.
• The project represents a major opportunity to make a key and pioneering contribution to work in this area. Working in partnership with other organisations will be central to carrying out the work.
• The overall aim of the project is ‘To reduce the incidence of abuse and deal with it more effectively when it does occur’
• The elder abuse project has five work strands:
o Advocacy - Influencing the development of advocacy services for older people in Wales as a method for preventing and responding to elder abuse.
o Access to justice - Ensuring older people have equal access to justice if they have been abused, whatever their circumstances are.
o Financial abuse - Having improved measures to protect older people in Wales from financial abuse, in particular mass marketed scams.
o Human rights - Developing a human rights based approach to elder abuse.
o Legislation - Addressing the issue of elder abuse through better legislation.
Set your location to see what Age Cymru offers in your local area.
For all media enquiries about Age Cymru, please contact our Communications Officer, Iwan Rhys Roberts.
07739 894 923
Set the appearance of this website so you can read it more easily
To see information relating to England, Northern Ireland or Scotland set your preference below: